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Harry and Meghan end co-operation with tabloid press

The couple had flagged they would adopt a ‘revised media approach’ from the spring.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
April 20, 2020
in Media, News

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have told the British tabloid press that they are ceasing all co-operation because of “distorted, false or invasive” stories, it has been reported.

The couple sent a letter to the editors of The Sun, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express and the Daily Mirror in which they said they will not “offer themselves up as currency for an economy of click bait and distortion”, according to the BBC.

“The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have watched people they know – as well as complete strangers – have their lives completely pulled apart for no good reason, other than the fact that salacious gossip boosts advertising revenue,” the letter said.

Tabloid press

The Guardian reported the new treatment would apply to the four newspapers, their Sunday editions and their online mastheads. The Daily Star has not been named, though it is published by the group that owns the Mirror and the Express.

The shift means Harry and Meghan’s press team will not even answer calls from the papers, the BBC said.

The couple have stepped back from their royal duties and are living in California.

Prior to stepping down, they launched an attack on the UK’s newspapers in a dedicated media section on their new website Sussexroyal.com.

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The couple, who said they will be adopting a “revised media approach” from the spring, criticised Britain’s royal correspondents and said they would no longer participate in the “royal rota” system which has been used by Buckingham Palace for decades.

“Revised media approach”

Meghan is involved in legal action against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Mail On Sunday and MailOnline, over an article which reproduced parts of the handwritten letter sent to Thomas Markle, 75, in August 2018.

Harry described the media as a “powerful force” in an emotional speech just a day after saying he and his wife would be stepping back from royal duties.

The duke has had a complicated and difficult relationship with the press through the years.

His dislike of the media has seemingly intensified since the birth of his son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor last year.

Harry grew up fully aware of the impact of the media intrusion on the daily life of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales.

He was only 12 when the princess was killed in a crash after her car, driven at speed by a drunk chauffeur, was chased through the streets of Paris by the paparazzi.

Soon after he began dating Meghan, Harry attacked the media over its “abuse and harassment” of his then girlfriend, with Kensington Palace warning on his behalf: “This is not a game – it is her life.”

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